Follow a step by step process to create a simple box plot.

Below is a collected data for the heights of a group in grade six students.

Step one:
Order the numbers from least to greatest.

54,56,56,60,60,61,65,68,68

Step two:
Create a number line and plot all the values of the data set on the number line.

Step three:
Find the median (2nd quartile) for the above data set. Then mark the median above the number
line.

60
Step four:
Find the 1st quartile (lower quartile). And then mark it above the number line.

56

Step five:
Find the 3rd quartile (upper quartile). And then mark it above the number line.

63

Step six:
Complete the box by connecting the top and bottom of the lines. Now you have a full box.
Step seven:
Finally, plot the minimum and the maximum values from the data set and connect them to the
box to form the whiskers.